Crawl Keyboard Commands

Note that Crawl commands are case sensitive.

Always make sure that Num Lock is OFF.

Press ? at any time during the game to see a complete key command list.

Note that multiple commands exist for some actions and are separated by a slash "/" meaning "or."


Movement

 Use numeric keypad directionally:

 789
 456
 123

 5/del/. - rest one turn
 Shift + 5 (keypad) - rest up to 100 turns 

 < - ascend a stairway
 > - descend a stairway
 shift + direction - "long walk"
 bump door/o - open a door
 c - close a door


Combat

 bump/ctrl + direction/* + direction - attack in that direction
 w - wield or ready a weapon or item
 t - throw (or alternately, shoot) an item
 f - fire first available missile weapon
 ' - switch item
 D - dissect a corpse


Magic

 z - zap a wand
 Z - cast a spell
 M - memorize a spell
 E - evoke/invoke special power (if any) of wielded/readied item
 a - use a special ability


Character Stuff

 i - inventory
 e - eat food
 q - quaff (drink) a potion
 5/del/. - rest one turn
 Shift + 5 (keypad) - rest up to 100 turns 
 ! - shout or give commands to allies
 n - check skills 
 ctrl + direction - find/remove a trap
 p - pray
 = - reassign inventory/spell letters


Items, Armor And Jewelry

 g/, - get or pick up an item
 d - drop an item
 P - put on jewelry
 R - remove jewelry
 W - wear armor including shields, gloves, boots, etc.
 T - take off armor including shields, gloves, boots, etc.
 ] - display worn armor


Information

 x - examine surroundings within line of sight
 r - read a scroll or book
 v - view inventory item description
 s - search adjacent spaces for traps, secret doors, etc.
 X - view automap of level
 +/up arrow - scroll level map up
 -/down arrow - scroll level map down
 \ - known items list
 ; - examine occupied space
 O - overview/summary of current dungeon level
 @ - character health status
 A - list abilities or mutations
 C - check experience info
 ^ - character religion (if any) desription
 # - write charcter info to text file
 ctrl + P - see old messages


Helpful Commands

 ? - evoke complete commands list
 Q - quit without saving
 S - save game and exit
 ctrl + X - save game without query
 ctrl + A - toggle autopickup of items on/off
 ctrl + R - redraw screen
 V - game version info